bobbyjohn wrote:
Students back then were taught Etiquette. I guess there was more of an emphasis on good manners back then. We always stood and, in unison, greeted another teacher who entered the room. We learned to respect our teachers, police, and anyone in authority, play nicely with others and how to behave in public, say please and thank you, to hold doors open for others and giving seniors your seat on the bus or train.
The nuns were strict on discipline, but fair. Some of the "punishments" they handed out then would today be considered child abuse, but we all survived, and were the better for it. We learned the 4 R's: Reading, Riting, Rithmetic, Religion. We prayed, we attended mass on Sundays and sometimes on our daily schedule, and went to Benediction every Friday. During the month of May, we walked in procession around the school, honoring Mary with hymns and culminating with the crowning with flowers of a statue of Mary. We said the Pledge of Allegiance daily.
Boys wore white shirts and ties and blue slacks. Girls wore appropriate blouse and skirt.
Do you have any memories of your elementary or parochial school days?
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Wow, That is the kind of grade school I attended, same time period and The name of the school was the same. "Our Lady of Lourdes" and it was in Queens Village in Queens New York. The nuns took no crap from any of us.
Ken S.